curious
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John Knapp, 38, a software engineer whose car was snowed-in on an unplowed street for a week in Polish Hill, has an angry Curious George setting a parking chair on fire.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 4, 2026
Curious onlookers filmed the scene on their smartphones, many still incredulous at the speed and magnitude of the day's events.
From Barron's • Jan. 4, 2026
Curious fishermen eye them, their fishing lines cast into the black ocean.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 18, 2025
That's a reference to the 2008 film The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, where Brad Pitt plays a man who ages backwards.
From BBC • Nov. 21, 2025
Curious, I press my face into the glass to get a better look.
From "Amari and the Night Brothers" by B.B. Alston
Vocabulary lists containing curious
The SAT: Words to Capture Tone, List 3
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The SAT: Multiple-Meaning Words, List 8
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